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Now on Screen: Safe House and We Need to Talk About Kevin

Because Toronto’s more movie obsessed than a Quentin Tarantino screenplay (yuk yuk), Torontoist brings you Now on Screen, a weekly roundup of new releases. Click on any film title for our review. Safe HouseDIRECTED BY DANIEL ESPINOSA Showtimes We Need to Talk About KevinDIRECTED BY LYNNE RAMSAY Showtimes

TIFF Welcomes Would-Be Initiates to the Cult of Bresson

The latest Lightbox retrospective revisits the rigorous, much-revered filmmaking of Robert Bresson.

The Poetry of Precision: The Films of Robert Bresson TIFF Bell Lightbox (350 King Street West) Thursday, February 9 to Friday, March 30, selected dates As we suggested in our preview of last night’s Lightbox screening of A Man Escaped, few legendary filmmakers are as daunting to the uninitiated as Robert Bresson. Among seasoned cinephiles, [...]

Now In Rep Cinema: Cave of Forgotten Dreams; Monsieur Lazhar; A Man Escaped; Mission Impossible 4: Ghost Protocol

Each week, Now in Rep Cinema compiles the best repertory and art house screenings, special presentations, lectures, and limited engagements. Cave of Forgotten DreamsProjection Booth (1035 Gerrard Street East)Ongoing. See listings. Monsieur LazharTIFF Lightbox (350 King Street West)Monday at 7 p.m. A Man EscapedTIFF Lightbox (350 King Street West)Thursday [...]

Ten Questions With: Atom Egoyan

At Torontoist we love Q&As and profiles, but sometimes asking a whole bunch of people the same set of questions can be even more revealing. So that’s what we decided to do. Atom Egoyan is a renaissance man. He has already proven himself a master of the moving picture, with titles like The Sweet Hereafter, [...]

Historicist: Nights Out At The Naaz Theatre

From a village in Punjab to the first dedicated Bollywood theatre in North America.

It’s a weekend evening on Gerrard Street East in the mid-1970s and, as usual, there’s a line-up around the block to get into the Naaz Theatre. The first cinema in North America to show Indian films exclusively, according to its owner, the theatre was a brightly lit beacon, drawing South Asians from across Toronto and [...]

Now on Screen: The Grey, Man on a Ledge, and Tyrannosaur

Because Toronto’s more movie obsessed than a Quentin Tarantino screenplay (yuk yuk), Torontoist brings you Now on Screen, a weekly roundup of new releases. Click on any film title for our review. The GreyDIRECTED BY JOE CARNAHAN Showtimes Man on a LedgeDIRECTED BY ASGER LETH Showtimes TyrannosaurDIRECTED BY PADDY [...]

Now in Rep Cinema: Paul Goodman Changed My Life, Scary Birds Double Bill, The Muppets, and Valley Girl

Each week, Now in Rep Cinema compiles the best repertory and art house screenings, special presentations, lectures, and limited engagements. Paul Goodman Changed My LifeProjection Booth (1035 Gerrard Street East)Monday-Thursday, 1 p.m. The Birds andBirdemic: Shock and TerrorToronto Underground Cinema (186 Spadina Avenue)Thursday, 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. The [...]

Now on Screen: Haywire, Red Tails, and A Separation

Because Toronto’s more movie obsessed than a Quentin Tarantino screenplay (yuk yuk), Torontoist brings you Now on Screen, a weekly roundup of new releases. Click on any film title for our review. HaywireDIRECTED BY STEVEN SODERBERGH Showtimes Red TailsDIRECTED BY ANTHONY HEMINGWAY Showtimes A SeparationDIRECTED BY ASGHAR FARHADI Showtimes

32nd Annual Genie Awards Nominees Announced

Café de Flore and A Dangerous Method lead the field of nominees announced by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television.

The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television announced the nominees for the 32nd annual Genie Awards this morning at dual press conferences held in Toronto and Montreal, and, fittingly, Jean-Marc Vallée’s decade-traversing dual narrative Café de Flore leads the pack. The sixth feature from the Quebecois writer-director landed 13 nominations, including Best Picture, Best Original [...]

Now in Rep Cinema: Le Havre, Melancholia, Café de Flore, and TIFF’s Cannes Critics Week

Each week, Now in Rep Cinema compiles the best repertory and art house screenings, special presentations, lectures, and limited engagements. Le HavreProjection Booth (1035 Gerrard Street East)Monday–Thursday, 1 p.m. MelancholiaRevue Cinema (400 Roncesvalles Avenue)Monday-Tuesday, 6:45 p.m. TIFF’s Cannes Critics Week: Spirit of the Beehive and ClerksTIFF Bell Lightbox (350 [...]

Now on Screen: The Iron Lady, Pariah, and A Dangerous Method

Because Toronto’s more movie obsessed than a Quentin Tarantino screenplay (yuk yuk), Torontoist brings you Now on Screen, a weekly roundup of new releases. Click on any film title for our review. The Iron LadyDIRECTED BY PHYLLIDA LLOYD Showtimes PariahDIRECTED BY DEE REES Showtimes A Dangerous MethodDIRECTED BY DAVID [...]

Now In Rep Cinemas: Margin Call, Dragonslayer, Shorts That Are Not Pants, and Hugo

Each week, Now in Rep Cinemas compiles the best repertory and art house screenings, special presentations, lectures, and limited engagements. DragonslayerProjection Booth (1035 Gerrard Street East)Wednesday, January 11, 7 p.m. Margin CallThe Royal (608 College Street)Wednesday, January 10, 9 p.m. Shorts That Are Not PantsNFB (150 John Street)Friday, January [...]